Council

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INTRODUCTION - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION 

INTRODUCTION

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND TIMETABLE

ELECTION OF THREE VICE-CHAIRPERSONS, AND DESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE

WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

CURRENT  WORLD FOOD SITUATION

REPORT OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (ROME, 31 MAY - 3 JUNE 1999)

ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

REPORT OF THE SIXTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS (ROME, 12-15 JANUARY 1999)

REPORT OF THE FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (ROME, 25-29 JANUARY 1999)

REPORT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES (ROME, 15-19 FEBRUARY 1999)

REPORT OF THE FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY (ROME, 1-5 MARCH 1999)

Venue of the Twelfth World Forestry Congress

NEGOTIATION ON THE INTERNATIONAL UNDERTAKING ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Annual Report of the WFP Executive Board to ECOSOC and the FAO Council on its Activities in 1998
Amendments to the General Regulations and Rules of WFP

PREPARATIONS FOR THE THIRTIETH SESSION OF THE FAO CONFERENCE

Arrangements for the Session and Timetable
Deadline for Nominations for Independent Chairman of the Council
Nomination of the Chairperson of the Conference and of the Chairpersons of the Commissions

PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONFERENCE ON THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL CHARACTER OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND (MAASTRICHT, NETHERLANDS, SEPTEMBER 1999)

DRAFT PLAN OF ACTION ON AGRICULTURE IN SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

PROGRAMME EVALUATION REPORT 1998-99

SUMMARY PROGRAMME OF WORK AND BUDGET 2000-2001

New Programming Framework
Basis of Discussion
Reactions to the scenarios
Conclusions

FAO STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 2000-2015 (VERSION 3.0)

Conclusions

REPORT OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE (ROME, MAY 1999)

Change in the Quota Distribution System of Information Products
Report on Decentralization
Other Matters Arising Out of the Report

REPORT OF THE EIGHTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (ROME, 3 - 7 MAY 1999)

Review of FAO Language Policy
Other Matters Arising Out of the Report

REPORT OF THE NINETY-FIRST (ROME, 11 JANUARY 1999) AND NINETY-SECOND (ROME, 3-7 MAY 1999) SESSIONS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE

Financial Position of the Organization
Budgetary Performance 1998
Scale of Contributions 2000-2001

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

REPORT OF THE SIXTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS (CCLM) (ROME, 26-27 APRIL 1999)

Acceptance of Credentials: Practice of Selected Organizations of the UN System
Amendments to the General Rules of the Organization:
A. Abolition of the Nominations Committee
B. Introduction of Electronic Voting
C. Voting Procedures for Elections
D. Abolition of the Technical Committees of the Conference
Abolition of the Indian Ocean Fishery Commission and Merger of the Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal with the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission

INVITATIONS TO NON-MEMBER NATIONS TO ATTEND FAO SESSIONS

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE ORGANIZATION

OTHER MATTERS

REVISED CALENDAR OF FAO GOVERNING BODIES AND OTHER MAIN SESSIONS 1998-99

APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND ALTERNATE CHAIRPERSONS OF THE APPEALS COMMITTEE

TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF AMBASSADOR  JAI KUMAR ATAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA (CHAIRMAN OF THE APPEALS COMMITTEE)

TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF MR C.H. MURRAY, FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL, FORESTRY DEPARTMENT